AEW followed NXT’s trend with a bump in its viewership and attracted its largest audience since the introduction of Big Data + Panel.
AEW presented a two-hour Dynamite followed by a one-hour Collision this past Wednesday on TBS.
The Dynamite portion averaged 534,000 viewers and 150,000 viewers (0.11) in the 18-49 demographic, excluding HBO Max streaming data.
Last week’s Title Tuesday episode averaged 321,000 viewers and 0.07 in the demographic, but compared with the October 1 episode on its normal night, this week’s episode grew by 15% in overall viewership and increased by 18% in the 18-49 demographic.
In the 18-49 demographic, male viewership grew 51% from the October 1 episode, but females decreased by 12% from two weeks ago.
Collision aired from 10 p.m. until 11:07 p.m. ET and averaged 400,000 viewers and 150,000 (0.11) in the 18-49 demographic immediately after Dynamite.
The last time Collision aired on Wednesday following Dynamite was on September 17, and the show averaged 535,000 viewers and 161,000 viewers (0.12) in the demo.
The 18-49 demographic stayed even for Collision, although females didn’t stick around as long, dropping from 53,000 viewers on Dynamite to 33,000 on Collision. However, male viewership grew from 101,000 to 108,000 on Collision.
Dynamite and Collision were tied for eighth place among cable originals on Wednesday, which was led by the coverage of the Seattle Mariners vs. Toronto Blue Jays (4,584,000 viewers and 1.01 in the 18-49 demo) on FS1, Fox News programming, South Park, and a college football game on ESPN.
The AEW block outperformed the Detroit Red Wings vs. Florida Panthers on TNT, and CNN’s Town Hall with Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
Data: Programming Insider & Wrestlenomics
